In article <6hmp3u$obe at sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>, clemen suter-
crazzolara <un691cs at genius.embnet.dkfz-heidelberg.de> writes
>wasn't there a new antibiotic which functions like ampicillin
>(ie is a target for beta-lactamase), which is much more stable
>and also results in much fewer satillites ?
It was a mix of 80mg/ml methicillin and 20mg/ml ampicillin. This worked
great until last year when methicillin was withdrawn from sale all
around the world. Something to do with resistant staphylocococcus such
that it's not being manufactured any more.
Duncan
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